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Putting together a good Scrum team is not easy. Sometimes people aren't able to perform optimally as team members, and there are a variety of possible causes. Here are some of the most common that I have run across.

It's not a good idea to map each story point to working hours; it conflicts with the reason for using story points. To solve our problem, we can nonetheless do something similar. The solution is to not model the story points in detail but to define them at a higher level and in a reverse way.

What I want for my team is to become Agile. I want us to approach problems together with all of our different backgrounds, education, and experiences. This leads me to think that I could use the Candle Problem to illustrate this initiative.

Agile has become the norm in today's software industry. But after a few cycles, we often see the process effectiveness taking a hit and organizations going back to the traditional way of working. This is when it may be time to consider an audit.

Successful software delivers the project within the three constraints of time, cost, and budget. However, UX is also an important factor. Lean UX is an emerging way to help build the user interface at the same pace as product development.